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The Spirited Academic

While spending 23 years in post-secondary education (PSE)--first as a student, then a professor, and, most recently, an administrator, I recognized that the pressures, stressors, and culture of the PSE system were not conducive to overall wellness. I have witnessed the over-stressed, over-worked, and over-pressured spirits who entered Academia believing that it would yield the creative and fulfilling life-of-the-mind that they sought. Instead, they find themselves in positions that require competition, struggle, and very little of that academic spirit that first drew them to intellectual pursuits.

I created The Spirited Academic to help restore "spirit" to PSE culture. Through coaching, workshops, retreats, and speaking engagements, I support individuals and groups in finding their senses of self and purpose as we co-create strategies to help bolster their happiness, vibrancy, and general wellness. By engaging this way, I hope to generate communities of "spirited academics" who feel peaceful and joyful such that they can be well, learn well, and educate well.